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ECMA 2015 Announces Nominees Jan 25/15
Rick Aucon Leads Nominations With 6 Nominations
www.ecma.com
By John Gavin, Saturday, February 21, 2015

 

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Eastlink East Coast Music Week (ECMW) has announced its 2015 nominees and initial showcasing artists. Taking place in St. John's, NL from April 8-12, the event brings together internationally renowned musicians and industry professionals for five days of performances, conferences, and a gala award show hosted by Jonny Harris.

The 2015 East Coast Music Award nominees are led by Rich Aucion with six, Jimmy Rankin with five, and Radio Radio & The Trews who each received four.

2015 Music Nominees

The Partial list of 2015 Eastlink East Coast Music Award nominees is as follows:

Blues Recording of the Year

•Charlie A'Court - Come On Over

•The Hupman Brothers Band - Black River Blues

•The Kendra Gale Band - Carousel

Country Recording of the Year>

•Jimmy Rankin - Back Road Paradise

•Makayla Lynn - Daydream

•Mike Biggar - Feels Like Now

•The Secrets - Break Even

•Trinity Bradshaw - Open Skies

Folk Recording of the Year

•Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun

•Cédric Vieno - Maquiller l'âne

•Les Hay Babies - Mon Homesick Heart

•Ian Sherwood - Everywhere to Go

•The Once - Departures

Francophone Recording of the Year

•BLOU - 20 Temps

•Cédric Vieno - Maquiller l'âne

•Francelle Maria - La p'tite Acadienne

•Les Hay Babies - Mon Homesick Heart

•Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire - Party de ruisseau

Group Recording of the Year

•The Once - Departures

•Radio Radio - Ej Feel Zoo

•Sherman Downey and The Ambiguous Case - The Sun In Your Eyes

•The Town Heroes - Sunday Movies

•The Trews - The Trews

Pop Recording of the Year

•Jenn Grant - Clairvoyant

•Meaghan Smith - Have A Heart

•Mo Kenney - In My Dreams

•Rich Aucoin - Ephemeral

•SoHo Ghetto - Thou or I or Both

Rising Star Recording of the Year

•Kim Harris - Only the Mighty

•Makayla Lynn - Daydream

•RocketRocketShip - Shake It Off!

•Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind

•Willie Stratton & The Boarding Party - Deserter

Rock Recording of the Year

•Adam Baldwin - Adam Baldwin

•In-Flight Safety - Conversationalist

•The Meds - South America

•Molly Thomason - Columbus Field

•The Trews - The Trews

Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year

•Cassie & Maggie MacDonald - Sterling Road

•Coìg - Five

•Duane Andrews and Craig Young - Charlie's Boogie

•The Modern Grass - City Ghosts

•Tomato Tomato - So It Goes

Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year

•Allie Bennett - Full Circle

•Irish Mythen - Irish Mythen

•James Hill - The Old Silo

•Matthew Byrne - Hearts & Heroes

Solo Recording of the Year

•Adam Baldwin - Adam Baldwin

•Carleton Stone - Draws Blood

•Ian Sherwood - Everywhere To Go

•Jimmy Rankin - Back Road Paradise

•Rich Aucoin - Ephemeral

Songwriter of the Year

•Catherine MacLellan - “The Raven’s Sun” (Composers: Catherine MacLellan and Chris Gauthier)

Hey Rosetta! - “Kintsukuroi” ( Composers: Tim Baker and Adam Hogan)

•Meaghan Smith - “Have A Heart” (Composers: Meaghan Smith, Ron Lopata, and Jason Mingo)

•Molly Thomason - “Buttons” (Composer: Molly Thomason)

•Ria Mae - “Clothes Off” (Composer: Ria Mae)

Song of the Year

•Hey Rosetta! - Kintsukuroi (Producer: Marcus Paquin)

•Jenn Grant - Epic Sweep (Producer: AquaAlta)

•Jimmy Rankin - Cool Car (Producer: Bill Bell)

•Mo Kenney - Telephones (Producer: Joel Plaskett)

•Rich Aucoin - Want to Believe (Producer: Rich Aucoin)

Album of the Year

•In-Flight Safety - Conversationalist (Producers: John Mullane and Glen Nicholson)

•Jimmy Rankin - Back Road Paradise (Producer: Bill Bell)

•The Olympic Symphonium - Chance to Fate (Producers: Joshua Van Tassel and The Olympic Symphonium)

•Rich Aucoin - Ephemeral (Producers: Rich Aucoin and Joel Waddell)

•SoHo Ghetto - Thou or I or Both (Producer: Daniel Ledwell)

Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year

(Fans can vote here: www.thetelegram.com)

•Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers- •David Myles- •Hey Rosetta!- •Jenn Grant - •Mo Kenney- •The Once- •Paper Lions - •Ria Mae- •Rich Aucoin- •The Town Heroes- •The Trews

Fans' Choice Video of the Year

(Fans can vote here: www.thetelegram.com)

•Don Brownrigg - Sweet Dream Sleeper (Director: Germain Collinge)

•Jimmy Rankin - Cool Car (Director: Margaret Malandruccolo)

•Paper Lions - Philadelphia (Directors: JP Poliquin and Nathan Bouey)

•Radio Radio - Ej Feel Zoo (Director: Jonathan Bensimon)

•Rich Aucoin - Want to Believe (Director: Jason Eisener)

•Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Morning Break (Directors: Adam Penney and Justin Davis)

•The Stanfields - Hard Miles (Director: Dillon Garland)

•The Town Heroes - Holdin' Up Grants (Director: Dillon Garland)

•The Trews - What's Fair is Fair (Director: Drew Lightfoot)

FOR ALL REMAINING NOMINEES, GO TO ECMA WEBSITE, POSTED ABOVE!

Members can now vote by logging in at www.ecma.com. Voting closes on February 25, 2015.

 

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